Getting my wife’s car fixed

[Xring3]

What started as a small fix turned into a major bumper to bumper job. Hail damage, interior fix and complete paint job. It may seem excessive for a 1994 Honda Del Sol but my wife loves it and she doesn’t want a different car. Runs well and I figure a few thousand now is better than several years of payment on a new vehicle. I’ll post photos of the finished product.

 

[Boycie83]

View attachment 75576View attachment 75577View attachment 75578View attachment 75579View attachment 75580What started as a small fix turned into a major bumper to bumper job. Hail damage, interior fix and complete paint job. It may seem excessive for a 1994 Honda Del Sol but my wife loves it and she doesn’t want a different car. Runs well and I figure a few thousand now is better than several years of payment on a new vehicle. I’ll post photos of the finished product.

Hail!? Wow!

 

[TobyC]

Sit the car out in the sun on a hot summer day and hail dents disappear.

 

[Xring3]

Sit the car out in the sun on a hot summer day and hail dents disappear.

It’s sit on the hot Oklahoma sun (100 degrees+) and they haven’t come out yet. Also tried the dry ice approach with no success.

 

[Northam Saint]

It’s sit on the hot Oklahoma sun (100 degrees+) and they haven’t come out yet. Also tried the dry ice approach with no success.

Hot Glue (the glue gun stuff).

 

[Xring3]

Sorry I’m late in responding with finished photos. When my wife first bought the car in 1997, her granddaughter said “ granny you bought a Barbie Car”. From then on it‘s been known as the Barbie Car. The body shop suggested adding a pinstripe and the word Barbie. And here it is!

 

[Deleted member 1881]

Sorry I’m late in responding with finished photos. When my wife first bought the car in 1997, her granddaughter said “ granny you bought a Barbie Car”. From then on it‘s been known as the Barbie Car. The body shop suggested adding a pinstripe and the word Barbie. And here it is!View attachment 78217View attachment 78218View attachment 78219View attachment 78220

Damn man, fantastic results..

 

[Rufusdog]

Sorry I’m late in responding with finished photos. When my wife first bought the car in 1997, her granddaughter said “ granny you bought a Barbie Car”. From then on it‘s been known as the Barbie Car. The body shop suggested adding a pinstripe and the word Barbie. And here it is!View attachment 78217View attachment 78218View attachment 78219View attachment 78220

That’s very funny…out of the mouth of babes. I have a very good friend who’s an inveterate Porsche owner. My wife and I were thinking of buying a Porsche Boxter and decided to discuss it with him. When I asked him about the car all he said was, “that’s a hairdresser’s car, get a proper Porsche.” To this day when we see a Boxter we both think of what he said. We ended up buying a BMW Z4.